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by Regnore 951 days ago
I think ideally we'd get to a point where end users could easily see who signed an image so if someone was claiming an image was from cnn it could be validated. I imagine the end goal would be to put a warning on images that aren't from a signed source or maybe not displayed at all by default - similar to the uptake of https
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Agree, but I also think that signing at all should be optional. That is: Give the camera user the option of strongly identifying themselves (with the added trust that brings), or remaining anonymous (as is the case now).
I mean even if the setting isn't there it's easy to strip the metadata.